Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119204.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from lift

Accident Summary Nr: 119204.015 -- Report ID: 1054116 -- Event Date: 07/16/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415940.015	07/17/2019	3441	332312	317724888 - J B Steel Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on July 16, 2019, an employee was working on a scissor lift when he fell from the lift to the concrete floor approximately 18 feet below. The employee incurred injuries to both wrists, a ruptured spleen, lacerations and a torn to the orbital socket and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Eye, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Laceration, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rupture, Scissor lift, Spleen, Torso, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1415940.015	63	M	Hospitalized injury		Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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